The Sun Crossword May 20 2026 Answers
Wednesday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified
Below are all the The Sun Crossword May 20 2026 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 56 clues; every answer has been verified. Click any clue to see every answer it has ever had, across every publisher in our database.
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Adore revolutionary revolutionary, somewhat (4)LOVE4Across1
No score in tennis (4)LOVE4Across1
Is able to throw out returning gangster — a man-eater (8)CANNIBAL8Across3
Animal that eats the flesh of its own species (8)CANNIBAL8Across3
Etiquette of green instrument covers (7)DECORUM7Across9
Propriety of conduct (7)DECORUM7Across9
Planet five, earth, going round centre of solar system (5)VENUS5Across10
Roman goddess of love (5)VENUS5Across10
Horse eating good spread (5)MARGE5Across11
Homer's wife in The Simpsons (5)MARGE5Across11
500, unfortunately, surrounding large city (6)DALLAS6Across12
American soap opera that featured the Ewing family (6)DALLAS6Across12
Write about great boxer, a Himalayan (6)NEPALI6Across14
Language spoken in Kathmandu (6)NEPALI6Across14
Sleazy hosts start to pontificate fast (6)SPEEDY6Across16
Rapid (6)SPEEDY6Across16
Keep mum in University probing vice (4,2)CLAMUP6Across19
Refuse to talk (4,2)CLAMUP6Across19
Second treat, oddly, in Catholic anthem (5)MOTET5Across21
Polyphonic choral composition (5)MOTET5Across21
Like an animal in a zoo (5)CAGED5Across24
Kept behind bars, Charlie matured (5)CAGED5Across24
Relating to small, round lumps (7)NODULAR7Across25
Drunk Arnold presses Ursula, initially, to get knotted (7)NODULAR7Across25
Rebound (8)RICOCHET8Across26
I do needlework with Romeo moving west to bounce back (8)RICOCHET8Across26
White sheep or goat's cheese (4)FETA4Across27
Female Greek character making local produce (4)FETA4Across27
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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Foothold gained in enemy territory (8)LODGMENT8Down1
Accumulation of strange old FBI agents by Trump, initially (8)LODGMENT8Down1
Substitute (5)VICAR5Down2
Six coach member of the clergy (5)VICAR5Down2
A drama involved fleet (6)ARMADA6Down4
Fleet of ships sent by Philip II of Spain to fight the English in 1588 (6)ARMADA6Down4
Belly button (5)NAVEL5Down5
Central point of fighting force announced (5)NAVEL5Down5
Piece of material used to dress a wound (7)BANDAGE7Down6
Get elderly to support Queen, say, dressing (7)BANDAGE7Down6
Be defeated (4)LOSE4Down7
Cease to have toilets, reportedly (4)LOSE4Down7
Author of 1984 (6)ORWELL6Down8
Novelist's gold source (6)ORWELL6Down8
Agitation of unscrupulous character losing head over rival regularly (8)HYSTERIA8Down13
A psychoneurosis (8)HYSTERIA8Down13
First sign of escaped convict found in photo of the open sea (7)PELAGIC7Down15
Oceanic (7)PELAGIC7Down15
Post Office produced ointment (6)POMADE6Down17
Perfumed oil for the hair (6)POMADE6Down17
Nasty smell in extremely simple pudding (6)SPONGE6Down18
Highly absorbent elastic skeleton of marine animal (6)SPONGE6Down18
Loathsome dictator suppressing doctor (5)MEDIC5Down20
Physician (5)MEDIC5Down20
Mark left during regressive change (5)TILDE5Down22
Diacritical mark placed over n in Spanish to change pronunciation (5)TILDE5Down22
Mark's second vehicle (4)SCAR4Down23
Cliff (4)SCAR4Down23
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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Sun crossword published on Wednesday, May 20, 2026. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing. If a clue looks familiar, open it — the same wording often runs in other puzzles with a different answer, and the clue page shows every version we have on record.